Speed demon!
5/5
Have had this for about 1 week now and it's doing a phenomenal job of replacing a ceramic hob. We would prefer a gas hob, but the costs of installing a new gas line behind our kitchen units was going to be pretty high.
Pros:
+ You're never heating up the glass top, so burn-on stains are almost non-existent (unlike a ceramic hob).
+ Individual slider controls for each heating element is great (no messing around with button pressing).
+ Left heating elements actually have a pretty large heating area. This is larger than the other AEG induction model that has the twin bridging elements.
+ "P" mode, or power heating mode heats up a small saucepan of water from cold to hot in about 100 seconds.
Cons:
- When you heat something on "P", the hob emits a high pitched whine that may sound a bit weird.
- When you heat something on "P", the power draw is quite high and you can see other appliances/lights dim for half a second.
- I'm still not convinced that touch controls are the best kind of controls in a kitchen environment. How often do you have slightly damp hands when cooking? Me, always. This means touch controls are a bit fussy with the wetness.
- Wasn't used to how fast the induction heated up our wok. This is great for flash frying, but I almost set off our smoke alarm with the smoke it generated.
All in all, a great unit for the price and features offered.
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